Gregory Ward and his wife were running errands around 12:20 on Sunday afternoon when the sinkhole opened up.

"Yeah, we were just headed out to lunch and we stopped at the stop sign and went to take off, and the road fell out from underneath of us," Ward said.

According to the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, the sinkhole was likely caused by a break in one of two water mains that feed the nearby fish hatchery, managed by New Hampshire Fish and Game.

The sinkhole left Ward with about $1,000 worth of damage to his car.

"Oh, just a big bang then it blew out the tires on the car," he said. "I managed to keep going enough to get it out of the hole and on to the side of the road. We had to stop and change tires right there."

Neither of the Wards were hurt in the accident -- and he said they're lucky.

"Yeah, it could have been a lot worse, but hey, we're fine," he said.

DOT officials said a Fish and Game maintenance crew will initiate repairs Monday morning with DOT's assistance.